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Chemistry Newsletter 12-07-2009

Mon, 12/07/2009 - 12:00am — Anonymous (not verified)

XXXIII - No. 38

November 30th, 2009

********************Professor Mahesh Mananthappa Receives the James W. Taylor AwardOnce per year we give out the James W. Taylor Award for Excellence in Teaching to one of our most outstanding Chemistry Department faculty or staff members. We're pleased to announce that Mahesh Mahanthappa will be the recipient of this year's award. The Taylor Award was established through the efforts of (Emeritus) Professor James Taylor, and funded by Pharmacia/Upjohn, Professor Taylor, and other benefactors, as a way of recognizing excellence in teaching within our department. In addition to a cash award, Mahesh will be given the opportunity to give a brief presentation on what makes him such an effective teacher, as part of our Teaching Award Ceremony that will be held early in the spring semester. Please join us in congratulating Mahesh on his outstanding teaching qualities!! Give you congratulations in person or send them to mahesh@chem.wisc.edu!********************NSF Funding of The Catalysis Center ApprovedWe're delighted to announce that NSF has recommended funding for our CRIF-MU (Chemistry Resesarch Instrumentation and Facilities - Multi-User) Proposal for a new "Shared High Pressure Chemistry and Catalysis Facility" (also know as "The Catalysis Center"). NSF will be providing just over $325,000 in funding, and the Grad School has agreed to contribute $50k additional to make up part of a budget reduction from the original ~450k request. Please congratulate Shannon Stahl and Clark Landis, who pulled this proposal together!********************Newsletter on Christmas VacationThe Chemistry Newsletter will be published bi-weekly during Christmas and the New Year. The Chemistry newsletter will return the first week of next year, 1/04/2010. We publish the newsletter on the off week only if we have news that needs to be announced for that week. Please continue to submit all of your newsletter items to: goldade@chem.wisc.edu. Thanks and have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!********************2009 Dates of Finance/Department MeetingsDepartment/Executive Committee Meetings - Tuesdays - 1:30 PM - Room 9341 Chemistry